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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ST. CLAIR

Sombra Museum

Sombra Museum had a busy 2010 season with over 1500 visitors to the museum. Our exhibit was Hats Galore with hats from different decades throughout the Bury House.

Guest speaker Ron Taylor brought his collection of hats ranging from the Queen to Audrey Hepburn (hat worn in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany)

Our annual events Blueberry Social and Lawn Concert were a great success as well as our Christmas Antique Road Show.

The Sombra Museum and St. Clair Township were also elated to learn last fall that we have received funding from the federal government Cultural Spaces. Our goal is to build a new facility to house all of the artifacts that tell the story of the former Sombra Township. The original Bury House, which has been the face of the Sombra Museum since 1959, will still be an integral part of the museum complex, but will be devoted to its original purpose of demonstrating life in a Victorian home in the period of 1880 to 1920.

Our new facility will house our extensive Marine collection as well as house our growing archival collection. There will be a number of areas in which displays and collections can be shared and stories told. As well there will be a modern meeting room equipped with state of the art technology to meet the needs of all who use it. We will be well prepared to handle the needs of local schools, service clubs, organizations and interested citizens. Our goal is to have the shovel in the ground by May 2011 and finished by late November of this year.